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Pools of dried blood, shredded bathing suits, charred cars and rubble were left behind on Friday after a car bomb rocked Egypt's Taba Hilton hotel, killing a still-undetermined number of people. The attacks there late on Thursday night and at a backpacker's resort left at least 30 people dead and more than 100 wounded
Thousands of Israeli police have been deployed in Jerusalem's old city for Muslim Friday prayers amid fears Palestinian anger would erupt over a planned gathering of Jewish extremists at a holy site. Palestinian groups warned Israelis that any extremist action around the compound at the meeting in two days time would be tantamount to a declaration of war.
The last Jewish settlers were dragged kicking and screaming out of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as Israel moved to end 38 years of occupation of the Palestinian territory. Backed by bulldozers, Israeli forces fanned out through the Mediterranean seafront territory.
Israeli forces were set for a showdown on Thursday with the final hard core of Gaza Strip settlers, surrounding synagogues where thousands of religious Jews had taken refuge as the country struggled to absorb the traumatic impact of ending its 38-year occupation of Gaza.
The Palestinians will take their long march for statehood to the gates of the UN next week in a bid to have their state accepted as a full member.
Pools of dried blood, shredded bathing suits, charred cars and rubble were left behind on Friday after a car bomb rocked Egypt's Taba Hilton hotel, killing a still-undetermined number of people. The attacks there late on Thursday night and at a backpacker's resort left at least 30 people dead and more than 100 wounded
Thousands of Israeli police have been deployed in Jerusalem's old city for Muslim Friday prayers amid fears Palestinian anger would erupt over a planned gathering of Jewish extremists at a holy site. Palestinian groups warned Israelis that any extremist action around the compound at the meeting in two days time would be tantamount to a declaration of war.
The last Jewish settlers were dragged kicking and screaming out of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as Israel moved to end 38 years of occupation of the Palestinian territory. Backed by bulldozers, Israeli forces fanned out through the Mediterranean seafront territory.
